Re: For cursors, there is FETCH and MOVE, why no TELL? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Marc Balmer
Subject Re: For cursors, there is FETCH and MOVE, why no TELL?
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In response to Re: For cursors, there is FETCH and MOVE, why no TELL?  (Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>)
Responses Re: For cursors, there is FETCH and MOVE, why no TELL?  (Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>)
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Am 09.02.15 um 10:46 schrieb Heikki Linnakangas:
> [...] 
> You could fairly easily write an extension to do that, btw. A C function
> could call GetPortalByName() and peek into the PortalData.portalPos field.
> 

Would

PGresult *PQdescribePortal(PGconn *conn, const char *portalName);

from libpq also provide this information?  Should there be a way to run
PQdescribePortal() from psql (e.g. \dP) ??



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